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i always thought the civic sat high in the rpms. going 70mph in 5th gear is at 4000 rpms. and with the exhaust that gets pretty noisy. i was just wondering if thats the same with all of your cars or if the previous owner did something with the tranny and didnt mention it. this probably belongs somewhere else but off topic gets the most attention

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The B16 has like the shortest gear out of any honda tranny so you are about right

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going 70... my d16y8 is runnin round 3200.

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Yeah that sounds about right. About the putting this in the off topic section cause it gets more views. Put it where it goes. Today post at the top gets the most views.

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goodness, then how many rpms do you spin going 120? Like 8500?

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i dont know. never been that fast. ive only gotten her up to about 100. i cant afford a speeding ticket so i try not to go that fast. but i would assume it would be very high

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That seems kinda high. My car goes up to about 3000-3500 in 5th gear going 70 but if I go 80 it will go up to 4000.

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for my i always thought it seems high also..going about 120km/h in 5th im running at 3,000 RPM

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That si is geared for acceleration. Vtec while cruising hehe.

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i guess it just needs the 6th gear like the new ones. maybe a swap is in order....



maybe NOT!!